The mystic quest for understanding the human purpose is discussed. Several spiritual leaders talk about their explorations into the mystery of mysticism. People’s spiritual needs have been expressed through the centuries across the essential religious experiences of human kind. Mystics traveling on a mystical journey are found at the center of every single spiritual tradition. In the exploration of mysticism each mystic finds the heart of the spiritual tradition and describes a universal human experience.
Mystical journeys are at the heart of all religions, but can also be experienced outside of a specific religious tradition. By following the mystical path and looking at the mystery within mysticism, each mystic finds deep experiential answers. As mystics pay attention to the mystery, their consciousness is transformed and they enter a deep state of mystical knowing. This mystical experience that the mystic has cannot be explained in words, so to understand what mysticism is you need to understand the experience yourself. It goes beyond any cultural differences. People who travel on the mystical journey tend to describe the same experiences regardless of their culture.
Mysticism is the direct inner experience of divinity, or truth, that we discover within ourselves. The mystical journey leads us through the interior life, opening us to a center point where we can have mystical communion, or spiritual awakening.
Featured in this series: Fr. Richard Rohr, Timothy Freke, Rabbi Aubrey Glazer of Congregation Beth Shalom, Mary Reed, Lama Palden Drolma, Paramacharya Sadasivanathaswami at the Hindu Monastery in Kauai, Dr. Carol Weyland Conner Murshida of Sufism Reoriented, Sufi Hadi Paul Reicherz, Shankina Reinhertz, Pamela Desvernie, Itara O’connell, and Guy Douglas.
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